Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
NYC: New book and signing: June 1, 2012 - Classic Hits: New York's Pioneering Subway Graffiti Writers
BOOK PRESENTATION & SIGNING at Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, New York
Classic Hits: New York's Pioneering Subway Graffiti Writerspublished by Dokument Press
Authors Alan Fleisher (Ale 1) and Paul Iovino (Skay) will talk briefly about their experiences and host a signing with writers featured in the book, including Blade 1 and Taki 183, to a custom-made soundtrack of 1970s hits!
You don't want to miss this event!
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, New York 11217
greenlightbookstore.com
dokument.org
Title: Classic Hits - New York’s Pioneering Subway Graffiti Writers
Author: Alan Fleisher and Paul Iovino
ISBN: 978-91-85639-50-2
Language: English
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 25 x 20 cm
Binding: Hard cover
RRP: €29,90, £25,99, US$39.95
Release date: May 2012
Book trailer: http://vimeo.com/34886709
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
New Book: Kaos - Vandals in Motion
Kaos - Vandals in Motion
by Torkel Sjöstrand25 years of Swedish graffiti through the eyes of the Swedish writer Kaos!
Just as Stockholm graffiti is hotly debated, Dokument Press is releasing a new book about one of Sweden’s most famous graffiti writers. Regardless of zero tolerance or legal walls, Kaos has been active on the Swedish graffiti scene for more than 25 years.
“Writing graffiti is like an obstacle course, where you constantly have to think about how to get through. Circumstances change constantly, and you have to adapt to the prevailing ones,” says Kaos in the foreword.
In the book Kaos – Vandals In Motion, we follow Kaos from the mid-80s in Uppsala, to the much larger Stockholm.
Here is the story of the huge police descent on the Uppsala graffiti festival in 1992, on Transit Authority ticket controllers who took it on themselves to arrest graffiti writers, on almost getting killed while traveling through the tunnels of Stockholm on the roof of a subway car, on the specially-trained Falck Security guards and local police pinpointing writers. The aesthetics of graffiti are also discussed, exhibiting in galleries, the battle to get your name up more and better than anyone on the train cars of Stockholm, and his love for a derided art form. Kaos – Vandals In Motion is a book full of well-kept graffiti secrets.
Through tales of Kaos and other famous graffiti writers, Swedish history is depicted, accompanied by an impressive collection of pictures, articles and fliers. The book is a unique, warts-and-all depiction of the inside of the Stockholm graffiti scene. “I want to write. The cost to society is their choice. It’s when they clean it up that the costs arise,” says Kaos. “My time and paint are free and I don’t want them to remove the graffiti. For me, writing is not a crime, but colour and shape that you add to your environment.”
Kaos has lived with graffiti and been important for the development of Swedish graffiti in general and Stockholm’s in particular. As a part of international graffiti groups like VIM, MOA, ALL and MSN, he is also a bridge to the European graffiti world, and has participated in several international collaborations.
Today, Kaos is an established artist. HIs painting spans illicitly painted walls and trains to gallery exhibitions, commissioned artwork, fashion design and murals for large companies.
Kaos – Vandals In Motion is one of the most comprehensive books on a Swedish graffiti writer so far, and is written by Torkel Sjöstrand.
Title: Kaos - Vandals In Motion
Author: Torkel Sjöstrand
ISBN: 978-91-85639-44-1
Language: English
Pages: 176
Format: 24x25 cm
Binding: Hard cover
Illustrations: 200
Publication date: March, 2011
Price: 39,90 EUR, 29,99 GBP, 49,95 USD
Friday, March 30, 2012
New Book: New York City Graffiti: The Destiny Children
If you only buy one book in 2012, this is it:
NYC Graffiti, The Destiny Children is a retrospective of TDC crew from 1985 to 2000. Very few collections of 1980s graffiti have been published so far, so this adds very important material for NYC writers' historical timeline.
This true story and retrospective documents the life and times of members of The Destiny Children (TDC) graffiti crew from 1985 to 2000. From Long Island, New York, The Destiny Children/Unlimited Styled Artists commemorate the 25-year history of the crew and their impact on the New York City subway graffiti era.
This large collector's book is loaded with 500 color images of original art ranging from burners on hand ball courts to pieces on tractor trailers to works throughout the New York City subway system. Works by many established NYC graffiti artists are featured, including founding members DC3 and SHO. Other original members featured are SHOROZ, BEAVER, LAE, LAC2, ROE, DOOJ, SHIM, and ONE2. Works by affiliated writers, ZEUS TDC, CEOS, ROZ One, SHARE 37, POKE IBM, EPIC, RECK, SKETCH, KARL TCM, DEON, BOM 5 MW, SACE RIP, MIRAGE RIP, and others are documented.
Alongside the visual accounts of these artistic exploits are dozens of true stories and recollections that uncover the reality of painting in yards, lay ups, racking spray paint, fights, graffiti beefs, and police raids. See what made TDC take extraordinary risks so their street art could be seen by the public in their never-ending quest for fame. An ideal history for artists, art historians, street art enthusiasts, anthropologists, and urban dwellers.Shifferbooks.com has a few more graffiti books from the NYC golden years, so check those out too.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Do you sell books in France? This copyright law makes your book belong to France
http://blog.authorsrights.org.uk/2012/02/28/france-guillotines-copyright/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/29/france_authors_rights_compulsory_acquisition/
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/ta/ta0865.asp
The law, in French
It might keep your book in print, but others plan to make money off it after they take it from you, which is theft.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/29/france_authors_rights_compulsory_acquisition/
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/ta/ta0865.asp
The law, in French
It might keep your book in print, but others plan to make money off it after they take it from you, which is theft.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
New book: "Cause I Am" by Duro.CIA.TOP
What started as a youth rebellion and political unrest in the streets of New York City has become a worldwide phenomenon, which has encouraged hundreds of thousands of young artists across the globe. Notwithstanding the criticism of their community and their family’s scrutiny; although in this publication Duro has covered the years 1957 to 1985, he intends to write the second publication of the same title ”CAUSE I AM” that cover the years 1986 to 2012, revealing a few subjects that not only will entertain you, but also state the facts about his life.
Unlike many books of this subject that deals with statements or quotes from different individuals, Duro conceived, wrote and has published his book himself. This achievement is a passionate undertaking considering that Duro has a learning disorder, little education, and no editorial experience. Duro with the help of today's technology is able to convey his desire to communicate to the public, that anything is possible when you are committed to following your dreams.
History manifests itself by past events, and outcomes that are remembered by civilizations and individuals, and once it is written down, it is not changeable, it is what it is, and very few of us, actually get to participate or be one of the subjects of history. Our dreams are connections of our self-consciousness. It is our desire to reach the unreachable; to dare you to overcome your limitations and boundaries, which is only attainable if you do not give up on yourself. “CAUSE I AM” who I say I am. The News Breaker Himself.
Monday, November 28, 2011
FL, Miami: Nov. 29 - Dec. 4, 2011: Wynwood Walls
PUBLIC OPENING - NOVEMBER 29, 2011 9-11PM
FEATURING THE WORK OF:
Aiko
avaf
b.
Barry McGee
Brandon Opalka
Coco 144
The Date Farmers
Faile/Bäst
Futura
Gaia
How & Nosm
Interesni Kazki
Invader
Jeff Soto
Joe Grillo
Kenny Scharf
Liqen
Logan Hicks
Neuzz
Nunca
Os Gemeos
P.H.A.S.E. 2
Retna
Roa
Ron English
Ryan McGinness
Saner & Sego
Shepard Fairey
Stelios Faitakais
Swoon
Vhils
LOCATION
The Wynwood Walls is located on NW 2nd Ave. between Joey's Italian Café on 25th Street and Wynwood Kitchen & Bar on 26th Street.
DATE/TIME
Wynwood Walls
Open Weekly from Wednesday-Saturday, 12-10pm
Pop-Up Shop
Preview Nov 21-Nov 28 (excluding Thanksgiving), 12-8pm
Art Basel Schedule/Walls and Pop-Up Shop
Open Nov 29-Dec 4, 12-11pm
EVENTS SCHEDULE
November 29th, 9-11pm
Public Opening Event at the Wynwood Walls, The Pop-Up Shop and release of The Wynwood Walls and Doors book.
For Art Basel Miami 2011, Goldman Properties will host the first Wynwood Walls Pop-Up Shop and gallery space showcasing exclusive artworks by the celebrated artists who contributed to the mural project. In addition to the works for sale in the group exhibition, the new The Wynwood Walls and Doors book featuring insider texts by Tony Goldman, Jeffrey Deitch, and photographs by Martha Cooper will make its debut at the shop, providing viewers with an indispensable guide to the murals in the area.
Among other collectable and gift items available only at The Wynwood Walls shop during Art Basel are a series of limited edition t-shirts designed by contributing artists, and a series of photo books showing the infamous Houston Street and Bowery murals in New York City created by Keith Haring, Os Gemeos, Shepard Fairey, and Kenny Scharf.
December 2nd, 6-8 pm
Release and Book signing for Graffiti 365 by Jayson "J.SON" Edlin. Published by ABRAMS
Graffiti 365 delivers the first real insider's view into the contemporary graffiti and street-art scenes, as well as their antecedents. A fun, wide-ranging survey of the international graffiti movement, this book uses more than 600 rare, previously unpublished, and legendary images to introduce and describe important artists from Blade to Banksy and styles from bubble to wild. Along the way, Graffiti 365 covers different eras, cities, legendary walls and crews, police and public responses to graffiti, and more.
Nightly from November 29-December 4th
Musical Performances, DJs and Video Programming
Video program to include:
Here Comes The Neighborhood: Season 1 Wynwood
Created and Directed By: Jenner Furst
Executive Producer: Tony Goldman
Produced By: Ben Solomon, Daniel Levin & Julia Willoughby Nason
Coordinating Producer: Meghan Coleman
Slap Happy - A sticker invitational charity event
Curated by Paul Weston and DB Burkeman - 75 incredible visual communicators from around the globe have created an intimate, same size, black and white sticker. Stick 'em up and smile.
Some of the artists:
Aiko, Michael Bevilacqua, Stanley Donwood, Shepard Fairey, Cody Hudson, Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Kelly Mark, Kenny Scharf, The Designers Republic
map (PDF)
Monday, November 21, 2011
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